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Right's 'Centrists' Gang Up on Dean Frank Gibney, Frank Gibney, president of the Pacific Basin Institute, is professor of politics at Pomona College and the author of "The Pacific Century" and other books on Asia and foreign policy.

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Shiites Are Emerging From Fear Juan Cole and Shahin Cole, Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan, is author of "Sacred Space and Holy War." Shahin Cole is an independent scholar.